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series3 books1951

Set in british isles.

“Together the three novels form a loose post-apocalyptic trilogy built on Wyndham's original premise rather than a tightly plotted single story.”
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Start with The Day of the Triffids →

The Kraken WakesNovel

John Wyndhamstandalone novel1953

Alien invasion, about aliens and war, set in mid 20th century.

“Earth's life is disrupted by the attacks of extraterrestrials whose war machines, emerging from the depths of the oceans, seem indestructible.”
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H. G. Wells' War of the WorldsUniverse

universe65 books1898

Alien invasion.

“No one would have believed, in the closing years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched keenly and closely from the timeless worlds of space.”
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Start with The War of the Worlds →

includes The War of the Worlds

DuneUniverse

universe78 books1963

Space opera, about political intrigue, set in far future and other star systems.

“The desert planet, where empire runs on a single substance: the spice melange, which folds space, prolongs life, and unlocks prescience, and which exists nowhere else in the known universe.”
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Start with Dune →

includes Dune, Heroes of Dune, Dune Sequels, Dune Prequels, Background of the Dune Universe

Forge of GodSeries

series2 books1987

completed

About aliens.

“Earth faces destruction when an inscrutable and overwhelming alien form of life attacks.”
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Start with The Forge of God →

MauraiSeries

series6 books1959

completed

About political intrigue, set in far future.

“The Maurai dominate the Pacific and Indian Oceans.”
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Start with The Sky People →

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